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The Metro Green Line (formerly called the Central Corridor) is an 11-mile (18 km)[4][5] light rail line that connects the central business districts of Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota as well as the University of Minnesota. An extension is under construction that will extend the line to the southwest connecting St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie. The line follows the path of former Metro Transit bus route 16 along University Avenue and Washington Avenue (which runs from downtown Minneapolis through the University of Minnesota main campus). It is the second light-rail line in the region, after the Blue Line, which opened in 2004 and connects Minneapolis with the southern suburb of Bloomington.
Construction on the Green Line began in late 2010.[6] It opened to the public on June 14, 2014.[7] The travel time between the downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul stops is about 46 minutes.[5] The entire line originally operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but as of 2019 trains are replaced by buses from 2 am to 4 am on weekdays.[8] In 2018, the line carried a total of 13.8 million passengers.[2]
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- ^ a b "Light rail, Bus Rapid Transit lines set annual ridership records" (Press release). Metro Transit. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ "Green Line Homepage" (Press release). Metropolitan Council. June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ a b "Central Corridor - Route". Metropolitan Council. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
- ^ a b "Metro Green Line Fact Sheet". Metropolitan Council. 2014. Archived from the original on June 12, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ "Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (LRT)". Metropolitan Council. 2010. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ^ Nelson, Tim (January 22, 2014). "Green Line light rail service to start June 14". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ^ "Green Line service changes protect investment, shift focus to better housing options". Metro Transit. May 17, 2019. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2019.